Bamboo Flute Swordsman

Chapters 28. Merchant Troupe

On the night of the massacre, Jaka really did look like he wasn't his real self. His eyes turned as if he was thirsty for blood. Jaka killed the remnants of the robber was like a pleasure, not even rarely he smiled every time he managed to kill his opponents.

Without Jaka realizing the heirloom sword he was using was very draining in his power. Every time Jaka swung the heirloom sword it grew heavier and heavier. At the moment after Jaka killed the last robbing member, he also collapsed to fall to the ground.

Jaka fell flat on his back to face the sky, his eyes starting to feel heavy. Jaka felt that all the joints of his body were painful, even his fingers were no longer able to move. Jaka was still staring at the sky, seeing the stars shining brightly but the longer the star was getting dimmer until one day everything turned dark.

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The next day there will be a group of merchants passing through Godong Surgo Forest, they want to trade in the territory of the capital of West Matraman Kingdom. This group of merchants amounted to ten people and coupled with five guards, the total number was fifteen people. Two men from each merchant each rode a horse carriage, bringing the total of the horse carriages they used to five.

While the guards each rode on a horse, three people led in front and two others escorted behind the carriage. The leader of this guard was named Bagaspati who was a paid swordsman. Currently the strength of Bagaspati was equivalent to a peak first-rate swordsman, while the remaining four people were at the level of an early first-stage first-rate swordsman.

This group of merchants started to enter the Surgo Godong Forest, slowly they had reached the deeper parts of the forest. Suddenly the bodyguard in the front raised his right hand to stop. The bodyguard was young, perhaps he was only in his twenties. To a mercenary bodyguard his face looked quite handsome.. The guard came down and walked over to a figure lying on the side of the road. It did not take long for the bodyguard to return to the merchant entourage.

"What's Bagaspati?" ask the merchant who is on the front train.

"In front there's a dead body lying down, sir."

"Corpse? Whose body is Bagaspati?"

“Looks like the corpse of a robber, sir. We better take a break, I'll check out the area around this."

The trader actually disagrees and feels quite worried if there is an impending danger. The merchant intended to stop Bagaspati but in the end not a word came out of his mouth.

Bagaspati then asked his four colleagues to stand guard around the merchant entourage, while Bagaspati himself began to go down every part of the forest. Slowly but surely Bagaspati began to find many bodies lying down. Bagaspati then observed the bodies one by one. He found one thing in common with their bodies.

Bagaspati had examined several corpses he had found and all of them died with just one strike. Each corpse had an elongated wound on its body that was the slash wound of a sword weapon.

"Hm.. The person who committed this murder must be very high ability." murmured Bagaspati.

Bagaspati continued his examination, now he had almost fifties bodies that he found. Bagaspati then saw a wooden wall that was not far from where he stood, the wooden wall had been damaged in all parts. On the inside there are some huts that have also been damaged by the fight.

Bagaspati intends to collect all the bodies into one, pulled the bodies one by one until they become mountains of corpses. After it was felt to have finished collecting, Bagaspati burned the mountain of corpses at once with his huts. The flames immediately grew soaring high, the smell of burning flesh began to burst out.

For a moment Bagaspati felt dizziness in his head and his stomach felt like wanting to force out. Although Bagaspati a swordsman but never himself killed that much and now with his own hands burn a mountain of human corpses that are either killed by whom.

Bagaspati also moved away and intended to return to his entourage. Suddenly Bagaspati found a body that was different from the others. This figure was wearing a long-sleeved robe that was already full of bloodstains, it could no longer be known what the color of the robe was. Beside him lay a silvery-white sword, it looked dazzling as the sunlight began to approach him.

Bagaspati then approached and examined him, “This guy seems to be the same age as me, there are no scars all over his body. Bagaspati then check the pulse of the young man, he can still feel the pulse even though it feels very weak. Bagaspati then brought the young man back to his entourage.

"Sir, we must help this young man" said Bagaspati when he returned to his entourage.

"Who is he? What's in it for us to help her?" ask one of the oldest traders.

"He is... "

Bagaspati then recounted his findings in a deeper part of the forest. It began with the discovery of nearly hundreds of bodies and huts damaged by the fight. And finally Bagaspati found a young man who was now on his shoulders.

Bagaspati suspected that this young man had killed and damaged the den of robbers. Despite his cruelty in terms of killing the robbers, Bagaspati must inevitably continue to thank the young man. As a thank you, Bagaspati wanted to help the young man. But Bagaspati could not confirm the reason why this young man was unconscious.

Although Bagaspati had explained in detail, the old merchant still did not wish to allow the mysterious young man to come with them. The trader does not want to take dangerous risks. It could be that the young man was even more dangerous than the robbers. Suddenly there was the sound of a woman interrupting from the fourth carriage.

"Let him rest in my car, uncle, let me risk it."

“But Cah Ayu... "

The old merchant's words stopped when a beautiful young woman gestured to Bagaspati to lay the mysterious young man in her chariot. But Bagaspati just silent unmoved from his place, he was fascinated by the beauty of the young woman. The new bagaspati moved when a colleague patted him on the shoulder.

"Ah forgive me Miss. "immediately Bagaspati headed for the young lady's carriage.